OSS2017 - Open Science for Synthesis: Gulf Research Program

Course overview

The primary goal of the Open Science for Synthesis Workshop is to provide hands-on experience with contemporary open science tools from command line to data to communication. Team science is promoted and practice and real data are used in groups to apply skills.

Week 1. Fundamental collaboration skills
Introduction to command line, communicating science, R, and data management.

Week 2. Advanced topics
Meta-analysis, tabular data, programming, Python, and geospatial data.

Week 3. Advanced topics & group projects
Metagenomics, communication, geospatial analysis, data viz, and group project sharing.